Chris Tillman

White Sox pitcher David Holmberg played with Matt Davidson when they were in the Diamondbacks system years ago, so he has seen him go on tears at the plate.

But watching it at the major-league level over four days against the Orioles has been "pretty impressive."

"It's fun to watch up here," Holmberg said.

Davidson extended his home-run streak to four straight games to fuel a 5-2 victory over the Orioles on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field.

He led off the Sox fourth against Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman with a shot to left field, his 14th of the year. He also doubled to lead off a four-run sixth inning as the Sox took three out of four...

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